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{{for|disambiguation|Dhaka (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dhaka
| type = SLA
| map_image = 21-Dhaka constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| incumbent_image = Faisal Rahman.jpg
| mla = [[Faisal Rahman]]
| party = {{party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} 
| alliance = {{party index link|Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|MGB}} 
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] 
| preceded_by = [[Pawan Jaiswal|Pawan Kumar Jaiswal]]
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[East Champaran district|East Champaran]]
| division = [[Tirhut division|Tirhut]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]
| established = 1951
| electors = 335,844
| reservation = None
| abolished = 
}}
'''Dhaka''' is an assembly constituency in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]], in [[East Champaran district]].

== Overview ==
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 21. Dhaka Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Dhaka, East Champaran|Dhaka]] and Ghorasahan [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Dhaka Assembly constituency is part of 4. [[Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|title=Dhaka Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/dhaka.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Masoodur Rahman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Nek Mahamad
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|S. N. Sharma
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|[[Masoodur Rahman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|[[Hafiz Idris Ansari]]
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Siyaram Thakur
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Motiur Rahman (Indian politician)|Motiur Rahman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Avaneesh Kumar Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|Manoj Kumar Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Avaneesh Kumar Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Pawan Jaiswal]]
|{{party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|[[Faisal Rahman]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|[[Pawan Jaiswal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Faisal Rahman]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|}

== Election results ==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhaka<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Dhaka">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Dhaka |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0421.htm |access-date=25 November 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125135730/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0421.htm |archive-date=25 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Faisal Rahman]]
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:112727}}
|percentage = 45.72
|change = +2.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Pawan Jaiswal|Pawan Kumar Jaiswal]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:112549}}
|percentage = 45.64
|change = -2.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Doctor L. B. Prasad
|votes = {{formatnum:8347}}
|percentage = 3.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = Rana Ranjit
|votes = {{formatnum:5730}}
|percentage = 2.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3047}}
|percentage = 1.24
|change = -0.19
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:178}}
|percentage = 0.08
|change = -4.78
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:246580}}
|percentage = 73.42
|change = +8.69
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Dhaka]]<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Pawan Jaiswal|Pawan Kumar Jaiswal]]
|votes = {{formatnum:99792}}
|percentage = 48.01
|change = +11.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Faisal Rahman]]
|votes = {{formatnum:89678}}
|percentage = 43.15
|change = -3.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = [[Ram Pukar Sinha]]
|votes = {{formatnum:10932}}
|percentage = 5.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2965}}
|percentage = 1.43
|change = +0.06
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:10114}}
|percentage = 4.86
|change = -5.45
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:207840}}
|percentage = 64.73
|change = -0.53
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
* Faisal Rahman of RJD, won the Dhaka assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pawan Jaiswal of BJP.

{{Election box begin|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhaka<ref name="Dhaka Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Dhaka Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/dhaka |access-date=25 November 2025 |work= |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125135734/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/dhaka |archive-date=25 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Faisal Rahman]]
|votes = {{formatnum:87458}}
|percentage = 46.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Pawan Jaiswal|Pawan Kumar Jaiswal]]
|votes = {{formatnum:68261}}
|percentage = 36.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ram Pukar Sinha
|votes = {{formatnum:20160}}
|percentage = 10.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Nek Mohammad
|votes = {{formatnum:1868}}
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2548}}
|percentage = 1.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:19197}}
|percentage = 10.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:186214}}
|percentage = 65.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
* Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (IND), defeated Faisal Rahman of JD-U
Of Margin 5234 vote.

===1972===
* Hafiz Idris Ansari (INC): 18,619 votes<ref name="election1972">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612205930/https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|archivedate=2021-06-12|url-status=dead|title= Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972 |website= www.elections.in}}</ref>
* Nek Mahamad Akhtar (IND): 15,688 votes

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of East Champaran district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

Dhaka Assembly constituency - Revision history

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